Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- claustrophobic
- visceral
- late night horror viewing
- arthouse horror marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film to be an unrelenting, formally transgressive exploration of isolation, dissociation, and bodily obsession, though its extremity can be alienating.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Esther's fascination with her wound and subsequent self-mutilation turns bodily matter into the primary expression of dissociation.
Esther develops an obsessive attraction to the taste of her own flesh, making appetite and identity inseparable.
Esther's successful marketing career and stable relationship contrast with her increasingly uncontrollable private compulsions.
The film is explicitly identified with the movement and uses sexualized gore, alienation, and uncompromising bodily imagery.
Films like In My Skin, and why
Raw
psychological body horror, female subjectivity, and escalating self-destructive compulsion
Repulsion
claustrophobic psychological horror, dissociation, and disturbing bodily transformation
Trouble Every Day
extreme body horror, transgressive sexuality, and visceral identity conflict
Titane
arthouse horror focused on alienation, bodily rupture, and obsessive behavior
Movie Details
- Director
- Marina de Van
- Release Date
- 2002-12-04
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (155)
Cast
- Marina de Van
- Laurent Lucas
- Léa Drucker
- Thibault de Montalembert
- Dominique Reymond
- Bernard Alane
- Marc Rioufol
- François Lamotte
- Adrien de Van
- Alain Rimoux
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Fandor Amazon Channel, Troma NOW, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Bloodstream
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is In My Skin about?
- A polished Parisian career woman descends into an intensely private fixation with cutting, tasting, and consuming her own flesh.
- What is In My Skin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In My Skin as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is In My Skin violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in In My Skin as graphic.
- What did critics think of In My Skin?
- Critics generally found the film to be an unrelenting, formally transgressive exploration of isolation, dissociation, and bodily obsession, though its extremity can be alienating.
- Which films are like In My Skin?
- Films with a similar feel include Raw, Repulsion, Trouble Every Day, and Titane.
- How long is In My Skin?
- In My Skin runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch In My Skin?
- In United States, In My Skin streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Fandor Amazon Channel, Troma NOW, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Bloodstream.
